The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-24
The Disturbances Felt at Nice, Cannes, Noli,
Oneglia, Genoa. and Throughout the En-
tire Region of the Italian Riviera.
Three Hundred Persons Buried Under
Falling Walls in the Town Of Cervo.
Serious Losses of Life and Property at Other
Points-Prince Bismarck Will Have Forty
Majority in the New Reichstag.
SEISMIC SHOCKS.

Southern France and Northern Italy Violent
ly Shaken-Hundreds of Lives Lost.
LONDON, Feb 23.-Two shocks of earthquake
were felt at Nice at o'clock this morning
Houses were rocked, walls cracked, and in some
cases frail tenements were thrown to the ground
The people rushed from their houses and fell
upon their knees in the streets, praying for de-
iiverance from sudden death. Visitors to the
city have become thoroughly frightened and ale
leaving the place. Many persons were injured
by falling debris Much alarm is felt lest there
be recurrence of the shocks The Prince of
Wales. who was in Nice few days ago, wit
Messing the festivities which precede the lenten
season, had taken his departure aud is safe at
Cannes.
Shocks werc also felt at Monte Carlo and Mon
AGO, at which places they were so severe that
rocks were detached from the cliffs and precipi
tated into the sea. The disturbances extended
as far as Genoa.
Further dispatches concerning the earthquakes
in the south of Europe state that two violent
first shock was of fifteen seconds DURATION and
the second of twelve seconds. The movement
was from west to east. At Cannes three shocks
were felt at the same hour The first shock,
which was very violent, lasted minute. The
second and third shocks were not as heavy as
the first. Many persons at Cannes rushed
to the seashore for safety. Nobody was injured
At Avignon three shocks were experienced be-
tween and o'clock. The first shock was very
severe, and awakened everybody in the place.
Several shocks were felt at Geneva at o'clock.
A dispatch from Nice dated noon, to-day.
says that many casualties were caused by the
earthquake there this morning. The people are
panicstricken and the entire population is in
the streets. The railway station is besieged
with visitors who are anxious to leave at the
first chance that offers. Two houses-one in
St Etienne street and one in St Philippe street,
and the Maison Bourke. were destroyed by the
earthquake Three persons buried in the
ruins of these buildings There was also
slight shock at Marseilles this morning The
walls of a number of houses in that city were
cracked Shocks were also felt at Leghorn and
Milan, and several places in the province of
Genoa. Italy.
At the time of the earthquakes this morning
the Riviera was crowded with English and
American tourists and persons of distinction.
When the first shock occurred the streets of Nice
were fairly thronged with persons in ballroom
costumes returning to their homes from the last
hall 1f ~ ~r;1 IT, ~
earthquake came with peculiar terror.
The shocks were felt with great severity at
Savona, near Genoa. and a number of houses
were wrecked and eleven persons killed at that
place. The Prince of Wales being at Cannes,
Queen Victoria became exceedingly anxious con-
cerning him when she learned of the earthquake
Her Majesty at once selegraphed him. The
Prince Immediately telegraphed a reassuring re-
ply, saying that he was well and uninjured. The
British government, in consideration of the pop
ular concern about the safety of the Prince. have
requested him, by telegraph, that he will return
to England as soon as convenient, to allay anx-
iety.
The earthquakes devastated the whole of the
italian Riviera. At No Ii, on the Gulf of Genoa,
and not far from Savonia, several houses fell and
thirty injured at Oneglia also on the Gulf OF
Genoa. At Dlnai Mareno, near Oneglia, scores OF
| people were killed and hundreds injured. Fully
one-third of that town was destroyed.
| second and severer shock of earthquake has
| occurred in Genoa. Pavia, Lucca, Cuneo, Albis
sola, Porto Manrizco, Oneglia and Nol At Sa.
vonia eight persons were killed and fifteen others
injured. Immense damage was done to property.
| Three Hundred Lives Lost In One Town..
| LONDON, Feb 23-Further details from the
Riviera increase the dimensions of the disaster
| At Cervo, near Diano Mariana, 300 persons were
killed by being buried in the ruins of falling
buildings Railway traffic is suspended beyond
Savonia
The prisoners in the government Jail at Final
borge, alarmed by the earthquake. attempted tx
escape, but we're overcome by the guards.
An official dispatch from Cannes says that NJ
injury was done to life or property there, bu
that a great panic prevails.
At Genoa the shock was very violent Th
ducal palace and many houses were seriousl,
damaged. An enormous crowd was present il
the Carlo Felice Theater to witness gala per
| formance, and the greatest alarm occurred whel
| the shock came
At Turin. churches suffered severely. In tn
neighborhood of Dordigera many houses fell
killing the inmates
Panic Stricken Revelers.
ROME, Feb. 23.-At Nice, the earthquake
sheck caused awful surprise to the crowds o
maskers returning home from the carnival fes